Tanuki and Kaze rode their animals behind the two Sand gennin and Gaara. Gaara rode on a cloud of sand, and Kankuro and Temari complained that they had to walk. Baki was far behind, not seeing any reason to keep up. Tanuki growled and jumped off Menkoi and slammed her hand into the ground silently summoning another Raccoon-dog, this time black with yellow markings,

"Yes Tanuki-san?" the animal asked.

"Sorry Hana, these idiots are annoying me begging for a ride, and out of the goodness of my heart, I summoned you. Were on our way to the chunin exams, could you please let them ride you?" Tanuki sighed.

"Ah of course Tanuki-san. And I trust you will be using me in the chunin exams.?" the animal asked haughtily, giving a proud look to the smaller violet Raccoon-dog.

"Lets not bring the sibling rivalry into this, Hana. I will be using both of you." Tanuki snapped. Hana grumbled, as Kankuro and Temari climbed on. Menkoi looked thrilled at what Tanuki said. Kaze grinned as Borei who shook his head, feeling that the two Raccoon-dogs were disgracing Summon animals by being so rude in front of their summoners.

"I apologize or their rudeness, Lord Fokkusu." Borei grumbled.

"No need Borei." Kaze laughed.

'yes there is, Raccoon-dogs are vile sick creatures who don't deserve to be summons." Borei growled haughtily.

"That's not nice Borei." Kaze stared to say when Hana snarled and tossed off Kankuro and Temari and jumped at the fox.

"I'll kill you Kitsune scum!" Hana snarled. Naruto growled and made a hand sign, creating a genjustu of a loud painful sound that made Hana drop, squeaking and clamping her paws over her ears. Gaara looked back with mind interest to see what was going on.

"Keep a hold of your summons, Tanuki." Kaze frowned at his mate. Tanuki dipped her head and made a hand sign that made Hana return to the Raccoon-dog home. Kaze turned and told Borei to continue onwards to Konoha. Tanuki felt bad, so she let Kankuro and Temari ride Menkoi till they got to the forest. Once they got there they set up camp in the cool underbrush. Kaze and Kankuro went to scout out for surrounding camps so they could make sure to protect their own.

While they were gone, Temari and Tanuki set up camp, and Gaara and Baki went for supplies for a fire.

"Tanuki, does Kaze love you?"

"Of course." Tanuki replied happily to Temari.

"He always seems so... angry. He reminds me of Gaara a little." Temari shuddered.

"That's because he's just like Gaara." Tanuki smiled. Temari frowned, and Tanuki went into more detail,

″Gaara and Kaze are both Jinkurrikis. They both have Bijou sealed with in them. Though, Gaara's doesn't seam to like him very much." Tanuki frowned, ″Kaze's, Kurama, seems to care a lot for him,and has taught him a lot."

'I see." Temari frowned, ″Why doesn't Gaara's like him?" Temari asked, she didn't like her brother, but that's because she was terrified of him.

″I think its because he is Shukaku. Shukaku is a very... crude creature. Kurama has spoken to me. Shukaku is a rude, and foul mouthed being, your average thug, Nibi, the cat demon, is motherly towards most of her hosts, and those are the only ones I know right now." Tanuki smiled.

″Oh. OK, I feel like I've learned a little." Temari frowned and climbed into her tent.

The next morning the oddly numbered team entered the Konoha gates. They all knew what they were here for. When the people at the front gates gave them one paper, Temari and Kaze protested, and told the guards a sad story about how their sensei had always wanted them to become chunin, but when their other teammate, Tanuki's sister, and the sensei -fictionally named Kazou- were killed in a raid, Kazekage-sama had approved of them fulfilling the deceased sensei his last wish. And the Kazekage was sending a letter to the Hokage to confirm their story. The two guards that Kaze recognized as Kohetsu and Izumo(sp?) nervously handed them a sign up sheet seeing Tanuki's false tears. They quickly filled out the forms, it resembled something like this:

Team number: 16

Names of students

1: Fokkusu Kaze

2: Ai Tanuki-san

3: Ai Hebi(deceased)

Team leader: Kazou(deceased)

Village: Sunakagure

And they were checked into a hotel room across from the Sabaku siblings. They were in, and ready to wreak vengeance on Konoha.